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That should complete the Shirley/Mao arc.
The real meat and highlight of this arc isn't about going against Britania, but its about Lulouche and CC being resolute to their goal.
Lulouche loses one of his close friends, while CC loses a kid which she raise and they have to finish those by their own hand. (Lulu geass Shirley and CC shot Mao).

The arc also has a nice end up that connect well with the next arc. It set Lulu's mind focusing on getting Susaku to join him to matter what (as he said in the preview).

what CC said kinda concern me a bit...will she live at the end of the series!?

what CC said kinda concern me a bit...will she live at the end of the series!?

I somewhat doubt that is her wish, since she didn't sound particularly happy about Mao cutting her apart with a chainsaw. so at very least she'll be around till the end. then all bets are off.

though CC could certainly be self-hating. being an immortal usually causes some form of survior's guilt in the character that have it. seems to me to be more of a interesting little jab while we wait for more on CC's backstory than an actual death wish. at least for now.

- The Black Knights' organization is getting bigger and bigger. I guess it would then merge completely with the Liberation Front soon (or it already has) and will be a force equal to Britanians.
- Mao's alive. Quite disappointing that he didn't die on that last episode. Still, seeing Lelouch in panic because of him is really interesting.
- Who would've thought that Milly's arrange marriage partner is none other than Lloyd himself. What's gonna happen to poor Cecil then?
- Suzaku doing some ninja stunts is really cool like the one when he rushed and kicked off the turret gun. That's one of my best scene I've seen in ep. 16
- Viletta and Ougi's moment, well, Ougi is pretty lucky. They almost act like a married couple now
- Part of Suzaku's past is now revealed.
- Lelouch shutting Mao off with his Geass. Guess Mao deserves that since he talk too much. CC delivering the final blow later on Bye bye Mao.
- Cornelia and Euphemia's sisterly love is really something no? You don't see Cornelia laughing like that except from Euphie. When they're talking about Lelouch's and Nanaly's mom, is Cornelia implying that she cares for the siblings too? Does this mean that she's not involve with the murder of the late empress then?
- I still don't get it why Lelouch use the geass to himself during that time when facing Mao. Can someone explain?

Lelouch instructed Suzaku exactly how to disable the bomb, and to come rushing in to the church when he heard a scream.

Lelouch then used the Geass to erase all memories of these orders, so Mao wouldn't read Lu's head and know the bomb was disabled nor that suzaku was waiting outside (since Mao was focused on Lelouch, he wouldn't bother listening in on Suzaku's head)

Despite losing, his father wanted to fight to the bitter end, which would obviously lead to the complete annihilation of Japan(reminds me of WWII where the Japanese literally fought to the death in the islands and would've done so had the Americans invaded the homeland itself), so Suzaku killed his father, believing it would end the war which it did. It seemed more like a passion though, Suzaku begged his father to stop, his dad swipes him away so Suzaku comes back and stabs him. Eitherway this explains fully why Suzaku has a death wish, and puts himself in front of others, he wants to die

But man, Suzaku's skills are uber, there's no way he can be human....that or the Britannian Empire genetically enhances their soldiers or he is the one

Despite losing, his father wanted to fight to the bitter end, which would obviously lead to the complete annihilation of Japan(reminds me of WWII where the Japanese literally fought to the death in the islands and would've done so had the Americans invaded the homeland itself), so Suzaku killed his father, believing it would end the war which it did. It seemed more like a passion though, Suzaku begged his father to stop, his dad swipes him away so Suzaku comes back and stabs him. Eitherway this explains fully why Suzaku has a death wish, and puts himself in front of others, he wants to die

But man, Suzaku's skills are uber, there's no way he can be human....that or the Britannian Empire genetically enhances their soldiers or he is the one

we do not know what the daddy has in his mind. The episode only gives the flash on susaku's point of view seeing that the 'only' way to stop the war is to have his father dead...(he even tries to argue back to Mao.., and he also said so to Euphie earlier). Who knows, his father might have something up his sleeves to counter Britania's knightmare. (they have Sakuradite after all...equavilent to plutonium in the real world).

That whold thing is probably happen after susaku seeing those dead people and start crying and Nanaly pet him on his face.

I wonder if Kaguya knows about that though, would she forgives susaku if she does know?.

Despite losing, his father wanted to fight to the bitter end, which would obviously lead to the complete annihilation of Japan(reminds me of WWII where the Japanese literally fought to the death in the islands and would've done so had the Americans invaded the homeland itself), so Suzaku killed his father, believing it would end the war which it did. It seemed more like a passion though, Suzaku begged his father to stop, his dad swipes him away so Suzaku comes back and stabs him. Eitherway this explains fully why Suzaku has a death wish, and puts himself in front of others, he wants to die

But man, Suzaku's skills are uber, there's no way he can be human....that or the Britannian Empire genetically enhances their soldiers or he is the one

But it's different here than in WWII. Back then, the only reason they would fight to the death, would be for pride. There would be consequences for losing the war, sure, but nothing unacceptable.

In the case of the Code Geass universe, they were about to be conquered and be treated like a number. The former-Japanese knew this because there are ten other countries before them who had fallen and subjected to such a fate.

I don't know if I have read your idea right, SolderOfDarkness...
Britannia have the right to conquer the entire planet. Since they have the most powerful army, every other nation should go on their knees and submit to their Britannian overlords right now, or they are labeled as bloodthirsty warmongers...
While Britannians are not responsible for anything because they wouldn't have need to kill anyone if the victims hadn't, you know, resisted enslavement?

So all the 11s who were killed by Britannia in the invasion were really only committing suicide rather than fighting for freedom?

...Actually, I don't think that's what you mean, but I am sure that's what Suzaku believe. Which is why I really would hit him over the head with a blunt object if he was a 3D real person and, you know, not so superhuman.

EDIT:
Just to clarify: The reason why I believe the Code Geass Japan had the right to resist for as long as it can rather than surrender , even when they know they can't win, is simple.
Britannia is an aggressive scourge. It isn't the moral issue of not just go down on your knees and pray when someone is trying to kill you; there are other countries in the world to consider. The longer Japan holds out against Brittania, the longer time it would take before Britannia can conquer somewhere-else. Further, Japan had the world's greatest source of Sakuradite. The fall and colonisation of Japan would have dramatically improves Britannia's military capabilities and thus, once again, put other free nations in greater peril.

If you want to use the WWII example, I would suggest using France. Should the French have immediately surrendered to the Germans and assist them in the conquest of Britain? Surely that would mean less French people would have died...

suzaku is no saint we know that, but if nothing else I can respect his reasons for

doing what he did, a martyr'sfinal stand, counts for nothing if it accomplishes nothing,

he ended a war that would have seen japan destroyed had his father stood, his

ground.

I recently read a book about power , live to fight another day, that was not suzaku's

original intent but they have lived to fight another day, maybe on far better terms for

them , rather than going extinct.

As I said, there is actually a problem with that; had Japan surrendered without a fight, many more countries would have been conquered by now. Even to the present day, the actions of Zero is diverting Cornelia's military forces from invading any more people.

The argument that there would be less deaths if Japan had given up is moot. Japan was not Britannia's goal, but merely one of many stepping stones on the way to world domination. Thus, Japan's early surrender would not stop anything, but merely make Britannians more lethal elsewhere.

suzaku is no saint we know that, but if nothing else I can respect his reasons for

doing what he did, a martyr'sfinal stand, counts for nothing if it accomplishes nothing,

he ended a war that would have seen japan destroyed had his father stood, his

ground.

I recently read a book about power , live to fight another day, that was not suzaku's

original intent but they have lived to fight another day, maybe on far better terms for

them , rather than going extinct.

Not really.
Every war wears down a country. 1 more enemy to fight, 1 less frontline Britannia can hold.
If Japan was to resist with all their might, then Britania's advance to the rest of the world can be slowed down, and their death would not be in vain if other countries, such as the EU and Chinese Alliance can hold their ground against Britannia.

What Suzaku did, even though his action may have brought less japanese casualties, is nothing short of TREASON.

weird that no one is shocked that a 8 year old (I m not sure about the age) brat can kill his own father. I mean when you are 8, you dont usually think about things like if I kill my father the war will stop....

I say that this only show that suzaku is indeed a psychopat, a murderer disguising himself as a hero of justice. I you are able to kill your father at such a young age, you can kill anyone and with no reason too.
The only reason that I think could justify killing your own parents is if the parents are uberviolent with the child to the point where the child health is in danger.

weird that no one is shocked that a 8 year old (I m not sure about the age) brat can kill his own father. I mean when you are 8, you dont usually think about things like if I kill my father the war will stop....

I say that this only show that suzaku is indeed a psychopat, a murderer disguising himself as a hero of justice. I you are able to kill your father at such a young age, you can kill anyone and with no reason too.
The only reason that I think could justify killing your own parents is if the parents are uberviolent with the child to the point where the child health is in danger.

I hate suzaku and he deserves it

Well, considering he's a teenager that can run faster than shots from an automatic sentry machine gun, and dodge bullets at point blank distance from Mao, I hate to imagine what kind of superhuman he was at 8

Well, with Mao's death a question arises.
About the mind reading geass, has it returned to C.C., so she can give it to another contractor, or is it gone for good ? (maybe, in order to lose her immortality, she needs to transfer all the geass within her and with the contractor's death the power is released).